1982 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 13, 1981

  Bill Campbell granted Free Agency.

  Jerry Remy granted Free Agency.

  Joe Rudi granted Free Agency.

  Frank Tanana granted Free Agency.

• December 8, 1981

  Signed Jerry Remy as a free agent.

• January 12, 1982

  Drafted Mike Rochford in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Charlie Mitchell in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft (January).

• January 26, 1982

  Purchased John Verhoeven from the Minnesota Twins.

• February 25, 1982

  Signed Mark Fidrych as a free agent.

• April 9, 1982

  Traded Mike Smithson to the Texas Rangers. Received John Henry Johnson.

• June 7, 1982

  Drafted Sam Horn in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1982.

  Drafted Kevin Romine in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Greenwell in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1982.

  Drafted Jeff Sellers in the 8th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

• September 8, 1982

  Signed Rey Quiñones as an amateur free agent.

• November 1, 1982

  Released Tony Pérez.

• November 10, 1982

  Tom Burgmeier granted Free Agency.

• December 6, 1982

  Traded Jerry King (minors), Garry Hancock and Carney Lansford to the Oakland Athletics. Received Tony Armas and Jeff Newman.

• December 10, 1982

  Traded Chuck Rainey to the Chicago Cubs. Received Doug Bird.

• January 10, 1983

  Signed Josías Manzanillo as an amateur free agent.

• January 11, 1983

  Drafted Ellis Burks in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 17, 1983.

  Drafted Eric Hetzel in the 5th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 13, 1983

  Traded Mike Torrez to the New York Mets. Received a player to be named later. The New York Mets sent Mike Davis (minors) (February 15, 1983) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• January 17, 1983

  Purchased Brian Kingman from the Oakland Athletics.

• March 25, 1983

  Released Brian Kingman.